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Location: South of most, North of few | Johnny (Iffy) is going under the knife today at about 10am for his unfortunate accident while on duty at the Jam. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Thanks Jim,
Keep us posted and send our best wishes to him.
Bob |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Absolutely all our Aussie best Iffy
Speedy recovery
All from Downunder |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Like J-G #2 said, we want your doctor to put you back together very carefully, and we are praying for you, Johnny. (And for all the "Family Iffy," too.)
Thanks, Jim, for keeping us all in the loop.
--Karen |
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Location: Califon, New Jersey | Yes, Jim--thanks for keeping us in the loop! And Johnny, you'll know our thoughts and prayers were/are with you and your family. Lots of warm, fuzzy reading during your recovery--and looking forward to the next OFC get-together (minus the slip... :rolleyes: )
I'm contemplating visiting the sunny south. When's the next one and how far from Sebastian Vero Beach area??? I had too much fun to wait a year....
Cheryl :D |
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| Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. Done. Get well soon, Johnny! |
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Location: Hong Kong | Get well soon... All the best.... |
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Location: south east Michigan | Break-a-leg Johnny!!! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Way to kick a guy when he's down, Brad. :rolleyes:
Hope you're back on your feet soon, iffy! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Get well soon |
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Location: East Tennessee | I talked to him yesterday. He seemed in good spirits and I told him we would be praying for him.
TJ, keep us posted on any updates. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by g8r:
Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. Done. Get well soon, Johnny!
Hope you're up again real soon Iffy. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Wish you the best and "Do what the Nurses tell you"! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Here's hoping they fix it better than new. It looked pretty old when you broke it, anyway. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | add a little mojo to the foot.
being able to tap and keep the beat is a requirement!
Good luck Iffy! |
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Location: Jet City | ask 'em for a bionic leg, and while they're at it bionic fretting fingers.
have a speedy recovery Johnny! |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Johnny, I didn't even know you'd been hurt. Of course, I'm wishing you the best, and you (and all the rest of this crazy crew, by the way), are always in my prayers.
"Doctor, will I be able to salsa after this?"
Reply: "Yes, you should be able to eat Mexican, or Italian, or anything you want." |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Johnny, so sorry to hear that !
Get well at the soonest, my friend.
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Iffy - I hope everything goes smoothly... maybe Keith can send you some of the "apple juice" to help speed your recovery.
All the best,
Mike |
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Location: South of most, North of few | OK, just got a call from Iffy, and he sounds like he's in great shape. Of course they have a block for pain on his leg now, so I think in a few hours he won't be sounding so good. I'll let him update soon. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | The "apple juice" was pretty nasty; maybe some of the "grape juice" or "peach juice" instead? ;)
If you've got to build bone, though, I guess it's just better to drink your milk, like Mom always said.......you can always "lace" it with chocolate, or Ovaltine.
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | WOW! Ya'll are such a thoughtful and wonderful family. Thanx sooo much for all the prayers, well wishes, emails, calls and wise azz remarks (ya know I love 'em)!
Well I now have a plate and half a dozen screws holding this ol' turd together. The 'leg block' hasn't worn off yet, so I'm totally pain free for the time being. It feels SOOOOO good when the pain stops! From what the doc said, I gotta be sure to stay ahead of the pain protocol when the block weakens. At least my toes all point in the same direction...
I go back in two weeks to insure that no one has pillaged the hardware for scrap metal. Hopefully in three/four weeks I'll get a walking cast.
Side note: While I was napping after my return home from the jam, Patty (my bride of 39 years) thought she'd help and started to empty the U-Haul. Well, she managed to sprain her wrist and is now wearing a brace/sling. We are getting quite a few stares...
From the Mouths of Babes category:
When my eldest grandson (3 1/2) was told that Grampa Guitar broke a leg, he asked, "Can he carry it to the doctor and have it put back on?" 
Well that's enough for now. I don't want 'medical' added to the 'politics' and 'religion' category...
Again, thanx to all of ya'll! Later... |
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Location: Califon, New Jersey | And take your vitamins-- :) especially O & A...
Pray all went well and you're up and around real soon!
Cheryl :D |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | Glad to hear that you'll be up playing soccer in no time Johnny, besides, you don't play guitar with your feet, do you! Keep in touch! :D |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Iffy, glad the operation was a success and that you are out of pain for now (get them to give you one of those push button pain management systems or PBPMS) and no hopscotching for a awhile. Scotching as needed for pain is OK though.
We will be expecting you to do a jig in Gainesville.
Rest easy Buddy. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | So Iffy, whenever we finally meet, be sure and bring your Xrays. I'll try to find some of the plate and screws in my left arm. From soccer of all things. My regular doctor was an orthopod. I never got sick, I just broke stuff. He said he was just a fancy carpenter who charged a lot for the hardware he put in you.
I hope you have the good luck that I did with mine. I wish I could use mine as an excuse for my bad playing, but it affects me about as much as yours will. Get a good physical therapist. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Heal fast, play slow. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Iffy, you're in my thoughts and prayers my friend...and a note from someone who knows: maintaining the pain medicine regement is very important...they make it for a reason and this is one of them...heal fast and take care of each other! |
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Location: Vernon CT | Glad things went well! So sorry to hear about your wife. The two of you need to ake out extra Accident Insurance!! :D ;) |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I know all about the "Medical Duo" stuff; I had fallen and fractured my left patella (knee cap) and was casted from hip to ankle; at just about the same time, Jack got hurt at work and fractured his jaw, resulting in having his mouth wired shut. We immediately became the world's most unusual song-and-dance team--I could sing, he could dance!
Glad to hear things went well; we wuz all rootin' for ya!
Important--in the future, you'll need to let drs. know you have the hardware--MRIs are not good for people loaded with metal.........and airport security isn't gonna like you too much, either.
Here's a hug,
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Jewel's Mom a/k/a Joisey Goil #1:
....and airport security isn't gonna like you too much, either.
Here's a hug,
--Karen Yes but you need to tell the pilot that you're better at forecasting bad weather. |
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| Glad everything's worked out well. Follow your doctor's orders, don't be afraid to take pain meds, and get into physical therapy - and stick with it! - as soon as the doc says to. As a far too frequent orthopedic patient I know what I'm talking about ;) |
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Location: GA USA | Now you've got time to learn to play your UKII. Get well. |
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Location: Tennessee | Best wishes for a speedy recovery. lady stonebobbo stumbled and fractured her fibula and tibia 10 weeks ago. Same sort of deal ... plate and 8 screws for the fibula and two screws in the tibia. This week she is finally allowed to put some weight on the leg and is beginning to hobble without crutches. It does take time but modern medicine is truly amazing.
It ain't going to be fun when the nerve block wears off. Revel in the miracles of modern pharmacology when they're offered. ;) . Our own Dr Phil or mitchrx can attest to the wonders of chemistry.
The upside is that we get really good parking places these days. |
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Location: Central Florida | Think I may have figured out what caused Iffy to crash Saturday night. Y'see, Air Force guys are wired a little different than us earthbound types. And when Iffy was going to the truck Saturday night it was damned dark. So, not being able to see he was naturally cruising "on instruments". Well, his feet were doing just fine until his finely tuned USAF trained senses suddenly detected that, "Hey! We're at 3800 feet!" and told the brain to pull up the landing gear. :eek: Oops.
Flyboys do have some history of conflict with mountains. ;)
Glad to hear that things are going well with the repairs, Iffy.
Here's wishing you a speedy healing process!!
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Location: Crossville, TN | Here's hoping that you and the wife get well soon. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Otto:
pull up the landing gear... ... plus I didn't have time to pull the ejection seat handles! :D
OK, long story short ( I hope). Pain meds weren't working well at all. Went to ER yesterday early AM for an injection. Now on highest safe dosage with minimal effect.
Coming out of that nerve block was pure HELL! And that was with taking the pain meds ahead of time to minimize the pain.
After fifteen hours of off/on sleep I do feel somewhat rested this morning and the swelling has reduced just a bit. We'll see...
To put things in perspective, I have a boxed Ovation I received sitting in the LR that I haven't even opened! :eek: ... hopefully today. Pics later...
I normally don't like to post negatives, but I've had so many kind inquiries I felt I owed ya'll an honest response.
Again, thanx for the well wishes!!! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I was feeling so bad for you that I took a bunch of pain pills last night to help spirit you along. Man they worked greeaaaaaatttttttttt............... |
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Location: Jet City | Time to turn to illicit and illegal drugs iffy.
I'll make some calls. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Hang in there buddy!
When it's all over we will make up a fantastic story about you chasing a man eatin bear, along a frozen mountain top, in order to protect your OFC bretheren. After years of telling the story it will become factual. Hell, what do I know, I think that the story is true now and you are being your modest self. Afterall, I was asleep in a frozen tent, so any version could be true!
Rest easy, I will work on a song to match the story....working title: Iffy and the Bear.
On a cold wintery night, high up in tha hills
a mountain of a bear was lookin for thrills
He heard the sound of Adamas and arrived in a jiffy
what he wasn't expectin, was a man they called Iffy
Y'all get the picture...add your own prose! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Damon also swing by MB's and grab what he has left. I need 'em after Jim's song!!! :D
Geez people! It was only a little slip up, er, um, down... :rolleyes: |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Through the steely dark night, their eyes shown like bright embers
which one charged first has become hard to remember
Teeth gnarled, claws bared, loud growling was heard
It must have been Iffy cause the bear dropped a turd |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Somebody stop him..... now. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | careful, you are next in the ballad line. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Beggin,
You need to add a verse about the Trader, Iffy, and Gway traveling up from Florida. |
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Location: GA USA | What the bear had been eatin' is in question still;
When Iffy's foot hit that patty, he slid down the hill.
Like a skater he glided with the greatest of ease,
Soon to find that his foot was turned ninety degrees. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | That's the spirit Jas!
'ol Iffy couldn't let two left feet stop him
he couldn't walk so he reached for a limb
the bear smelled pain and was filled with joy
when off of the porch came 'ol TRBoy
in his hand was something more fearful than stick
it was an instrument of steel, that you sometimes could pick
he looked at the bear and said, "you have a purdy mouth"
well the bear was afraid and hightailed it south
Chorus:
seemed that bear had been round those woods for awhile
he knew better than approach a man with a smile
add a man with two left feet and that was enough
no bear in those woods was ever that tough |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Iffy or Beggin? :D All of us after the last few posts! :D
The fall was small, the break was clean
The pain will pass, I’ll walk again
But the hurt that just won’t go away
Is the is one that no one else can play
It’s a sad tale, oh so grim
The ballad writing of Beggin Jim
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Location: South of most, North of few | Looks like Iffy's back! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | or the meds have finally caught up.
Either way...glad you're better Johnny! |
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| Hi Johnny, glad you're on the mend, sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but have been running Char back and forth to Gainesville/Shands for evals and tests.... we have to get her back up to UF for some oral surgery next week to clear her of any infections that might infiltrate her sternum when they crack her chest.
and then her open heart is scheduled for mid Nov.
I do have a nice amp here that belongs to you, and it will make a dandy legrest while you heal.
let me know if it's a good time now to ship it down.
heal well, and hope things are getting better daily.
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Malabar Glenn:
dandy leg rest Glenn,
Ah ha! Brilliant!  
"Well honey, it's a multi-frequency/effect/function electronic leg rest that Billie Mays endorses."
"Um, no I can't return it. BTW, I also bought this fine pair of ear plugs just for you!"
"No, orange was the only color they had"
Knowing that your hands are full, just send it when it's most convenient for ya. You both are still in our prayers. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Any extra parts Iffster? |
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Iffy's operation